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CVE-2000-0219

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-02-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to gain root access by booting single user and hitting ^C at the password prompt.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 6.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1005
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=200002230248.NAA19185%40cairo.anu.edu.au
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10053
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1005
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=200002230248.NAA19185%40cairo.anu.edu.au
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10053

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